Dental floss reel



Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,707

F. G. DREssER DENTAL FLOSS REEL Filed July 25, 1923 Patented lr'eb. 9,- 1926.

FRANK Gr. DRESSER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHDE ISLAND.

DENTAL FLOSS REEL.

Application mea July 25, i923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK G. Dnnssnn9 a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence7 in the county of Providence and State ot Rhode island, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Dental Floss Reels, et which the. following is a speeilication.

This invention relates to dental floss dis pensing devices of the general type in which the supply ot dental liess is supported on a reel. lhe invention is particularly concerned with the construction oit reels designed to he used in such dental liess d ispensers. lt is the chiel obJect or the nr ventio-n to devise a reel which, while being substantial and serviceable, can he manufactured very economically.

rl`he nature oli' the invention will be readily understood 'from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, and 'the novel 'features will he particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring now to the drawings,

Figure l is a transverse cross sectional viewkof a dental tloss dispense-r equipped with a reel embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is perspective view o't' the elenients or' the reel shown in llig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view o the blank trom which the huh member of the reel is made.

The drawings show the invention in connection with the dental liess dispensing device disclosed in my Patent No. Lea-A29, `granted May 8, i923., although the reel devised by this invention may be used in other devices.

'lhe dispensing device shown comprises l casing consisting` ot two sections indicated at Q, and 3,. each section consisting or' a circular end piece with a thin annular flange extending from one face thereof. rlhe flanges et the two sections are arranged to telescepe, one within the other, and are connected by a bayonet joint so that the casing may readily be opened to permit the removal ot an empty reel and its replacement by a full reel. The reel is rotatably mounted within the casing7 and the` strand of floss unwound therefrom is drawn througha slot in the casing, the desired length being cut oil on a knife or cutter 4.

Serial No. 653,690.

The reel shown comprises two circular disks 5 and 6, respectively7 which are secured together in substantially co-axial parallel relationship to each other by a tubular huh 7. rlhe huh 7 and the disks 5 and 6 preferahly are punched out of sheet metal of suitable thickness, the hub being punched out .tlat-9 as shown in Fig. 3, and later rolled up into tubular form. Luge 8 and 9 are termed at the opposite ends of the hub and are entered in holes punched through the disks 5 and (i, the lugs then being turned over so that they secure the huh rigidly to the disks.

ln the dispensing device shown, the reel is mounted lor rotation on a pin l0 and the disk (i, consequently, has a small hole l2 punched therethrough to receive this pin. A frictional drag is exerted on the reel by a coiled spring 13 which is located in a re cess termed in the central portion of the reel and bears against the inner face of the disk G. For the purpose of admitting the spring a hole lat, considerably larger than the hole 1Q, is f rmed in the disk 5, this hole being nearly as large as the internal diameter of the tubular hub.

lt will now be evident that this invention provides a reel which can he manufactured very economically, while at the same time being strong and substantial in construction.

`While I have herein shown and described l the best embodiment olf my invention that l have so far devised, it will be appreciated that this embodiment may be modified in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope oit the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what l desire to claim as new is: Y

A dental floss dispensing reel comprising two circular disks, a tubular hub interposed. between said disks and holding them spaced apart, and lugs projecting from the opposite ends of said hub and extending through holes in the disks and securing them to the hub, one of said disks having a small central aperture therein adapted to receive a pivot pin to support the reel l'or rotation, and the other disk having a central aperture therein nearly as large as the internal diameter of the huh and aording free access to the inner face of the first disk.

FRANK Gr.. DRESSER. 

